Typical Henk

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Typical Dutch
Farewell interview with Henk van Ruitenbeek, illustrator for the Typical Dutch feature.

Typical Dutch: Mouth mask

Typical Dutch
Dutch getting lost in translation: a face mask isn’t a mouth mask.

Typical Dutch: Physically Dutch

Typical Dutch
'I needed to find out what their secret was – or at…

Typical (old-) Dutch – Chat while you swim

Typical Dutch
My friends always told me the Dutch like talking, but I was…

Typical (old)-Dutch: Mountains

Typical Dutch
I was like, 'This is not even a hill. How can you…

Typical Dutch: Important ‘dis’ words

Typical Dutch
Two important 'dis' words play an important role in Dutch life.

Lunch walk

Typical Dutch
A lunch walk with your research team is not just for fun!

Typical Dutch: ‘Gezellig’

Typical Dutch
What surprised me most after I made some Dutch friends: they really…

Typical (old)- Dutch: Out to dinner

Typical Dutch
There are several aspects of Dutch culture that I find fascinating:

Typical (old-) Dutch: Mondriaan mentality

Typical Dutch
‘I’m having three birthday parties’, a friend sighed wearily.